Biography
Adam ArkinΒ (born August 19, 1956) is an American actor and director. His father was the Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin and his brother is the actor Matthew Arkin. Adam Arkin is known for playing the role of Aaron Shutt onΒ Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including aΒ TonyΒ (Best Actor, 1991,Β I Hate Hamlet) as well as three primetime Emmys, four SAG Awards (Ensemble,Β Chicago Hope), and a DGA Award (My Louisiana Sky). Beginning in 1990, he had a recurring guest role onΒ Northern ExposureΒ playing the angry, paranoid Adam, for which he received an Emmy nomination. In 2002, Arkin won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special forΒ My Louisiana Sky. Between 2007 and 2009, he co-starred inΒ the drama series Life. In 2009, he portrayed villainΒ Ethan Zobelle, a white separatist gang leader, inΒ Sons of Anarchy,Β and Principal Ed Gibb inΒ 8 Simple RulesΒ (2003β2005).
Filmography (117)
The American Revolution
2025
Transplant
2024
The American Buffalo
2023
Poker Face
2023
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
Pig
2021
Big Shot
2021
Rebel
2021
The Act
2019
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016
The Carmichael Show
2015
In Security
2014
10 Cent Pistol
2014
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Fargo
2014
The Bridge
2013
Masters of Sex
2013
Family Tools
2013
The Sessions
2012
The Newsroom
2012
Just Peck
2011
Prohibition
2011
Summer Eleven
2010
Tell-Tale
2010
Justified
2010
A Serious Man
2009
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009
Modern Family
2009
Sons of Anarchy
2008
Graduation
2007
Life
2007
The War
2007
Murder on Pleasant Drive
2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
Hitch
2005
Kids in America
2005
Commander in Chief
2005
The Closer
2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Boston Legal
2004
TV Land Moguls
2004
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
2003
Roughing It
2002
Stark Raving Mad
2002
Monk
2002
8 Simple Rules
2002
Baby Bob
2002
Mission
2001
Off Season
2001
Hanging Up
2000
Dropping Out
2000
East of A
2000
A Slight Case of Murder
1999
Lake Placid
1999
The West Wing
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
Thirst
1998
With Friends Like These
1998
Unmasking the Horror
1998
Not in This Town
1997
Perversions of Science
1997
The Practice
1997
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997
The Daily Show
1996
The West
1996
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
MADtv
1995
Chicago Hope
1994
Baseball
1994
Dottie Gets Spanked
1993
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
Frasier
1993
Big Wave Dave's
1993
Picket Fences
1992
The Doctor
1991
The Hidden Room
1991
A Promise to Keep
1990
Heat Wave
1990
Babies
1990
Law & Order
1990
Northern Exposure
1990
Julie Brown: The Show
1989
Oceano
1989
Hard Time on Planet Earth
1989
Necessary Parties
1988
China Beach
1988
Personal Foul
1987
A Year in the Life
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Tough Cookies
1986
All Is Forgiven
1986
The Fourth Wise Man
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
MacGyver
1985
St. Elsewhere
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Teachers Only
1982
Under the Rainbow
1981
Full Moon High
1981
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981
Jessica Novak
1981
Knots Landing
1979
$weepstake$
1979
Pearl
1978
The Love Boat
1977
Busting Loose
1977
Baby Blue Marine
1976
All Together Now
1975
Barney Miller
1975
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
Happy Days
1974
Harry O
1974
Made For Each Other
1971
People Soup
1969
The Monitors
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1968